Modern chefs are serving up ice cream, cakes, even sushi covered in gold. But gold in food came into its own in late medieval Europe, when eating gold wad thought to be virtuous, and one could find gilded whole roast peacocks.

Mining company Banro closed artisanal mining sites like this one in the DRC.
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development/FlickrAugust 30, 2017